figure
- Museum number
- 91057
- Description
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Copper alloy figure of Gudea, kneeling on one knee, holding a cone with an inscription dedicated to Ninsu.
- Dimensions
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Height: 19.05 centimetres
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Weight: 1116 grammes
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Width: 6.35 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Gudea was an energetic builder of temples; the peg figurines were placed in the foundations and commemorated the ruler's piety.
- Location
- On display (G56/dc9)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Babylonian & Assyrian Room, Table-Case C (1900 Guide)
- Acquisition date
- 1879
- Acquisition notes
- Register: donor's address - 15 Upper Brook Street, presented 10th December 1879.
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 91057
- Registration number
- 1879,1210.1